Terminal for electric cables.



0. W. DAVIS. TERMINAL FOR ELECTRIC CABLES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1909-.

Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

WITNESSES:

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`GHARLES W. lDAVIS, OF EDGEWORTH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T STANDARD UNDERGROUND CABLE COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPOR- TION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

TERMINAL IiOIBJ.y ELECTRIC CABLES.v

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 19M.

Application iled June 19, 1909. Serial No. 503,228.

To Valli/whom it Imay concern:

le it known that l, CHARLES W. DAVIS, residing at lldgcworth, in the county of Alleghcny and State ot Pennsylvania, a citi- Zen of the United States, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Terminals for Electric Cables, of which improvement the following is a specification.

The invention described herein relates to certain improvements in terminal heads for the protection ot the portion ot the cable adjacent to the'place from which the insulation has been removed for connection with the aerial line.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, Figure 1- is a sec tional view illustrating a construction of terminal adapted for use where the end of the cable is turned down for connection with theaerial; Fig. 2 illustrates a modification of the structure shown in Fig. l. In Fig. 2 the petticoats formed isuperiicially on the casing of the terminal are in shape somewhat different from those shown in Fig. 1. Fig. f3 illustrates a further modiication in the shape of the petticoat, adapting the terminal to an upward-extending cable end.

After the sheath l and insulation 2. have been removed from the cable core for a suitable distance from the end a thimble 3 is slipped onto the cable. The stopper l formed of resilient, water-proof material is then forced onto the conductor sutliciently far to rest against the insulation 2, as shown. The sleeve 5, which is formed of insulating material and is preferably provided with an.

inclined shoulder or contracted portion 6, 1s passed over the stopper untilits inclined shoulder bears against the periphery of the stopper 'and exerts a compressive force thereon, so that tight joints will be formed between the conductor and stopper and between the stopper and the insulating sleeve. The thimble is then connected, as by a threaded joint, to the insulating sleeve, and

attached to the lead sheath, preferably by a wiped solder joint.

In the construction shown in Fig. 2, metal vplates 7 are placed on opposite sides of the stopper 4a, and these plates are drawn toward eachother by screws 8, thereby causing the stopper to spread .inwardly against the conductor and outwardly against the sleeve. It desired, grooves 9 may be formed in the sleeve for the reception of portions of the disk-shaped stopper, thereby loclringthe latter in position in the sleeve.

Then the closing element or stopper is formed of rubber, the portion :o in contact with the conductor should be unvulcanized, as indicated in Fig. l, to prevent injury to the conductor from the sulfur commonly present in excess in vulcanized rubber. then the conducting element is formed of twisted strands, as indicated in Fig. 9., it is preferred to till the interstices between the strands with solder at that part of the conductor to be surrounded by the stopper', so as to prevent the escape o'l insulating mau tcrial from vthe sleeve, and' also to prevent the entrance of moisture. by capillary action along the interstices between the strands. -Where the conducting element is so covered with solder, the sleeve closing element may be formed of vulcanized rubber throughout.

When the insulating sleeve is formed of material requiring a glazed surface to render it impervious to moisture, it is preferred to leave that portion of the inner surfacel against which the rubber stopper bears, unglazed, as the rubber will form a very tight and strong 'joint with such unglazed surface.

l claim herein as my invention:

l. ln a terminal structure for an electric cable, the combination of a thimble secured to the cable sheath, a sleeve formed ol nonconducting material and connected to the thimblc. and a stopper `formed of resilient material compressedx into tight engagementupon the bared conductor oit the cable and upon the inner surface of the sleeve, substantially as described.

Q. In a terminal structure Yfor an electric cable the combination ot a thimble secured to the sheath of the cable, a sleeve 'formed of non-conducting material secured to the thine-- ble and provided with a shoulder, and a surrounding the bmed Conductor und having the portion in Contact with the conductor iiiivuhzunizeii, nini a iwii-eoiidueting sieeve Secured i0 the thimbie :1nd provided with a, Shoulder upon which shoulder the Said Stopper makes engagement, substantiaiiy ne described.

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vin teefiirmhy iihereei', i have hereunto Fei, my hzuui.

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